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• Re: 101 MPH Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Wed, 13 Oct 2004 08:47:46 +0200
  > Why do you need to go that fast? I sure am glad you aren't driving where > my > family travels. Because he can! :-) I...
• Re: 101 MPH Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 13 Oct 2004 22:01:27 +1300
  >Why do you need to go that fast? I sure am glad you aren't driving where my >family travels. Repeat the following 500...
• Re: aerodynamics, was: 101 MPH Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Tim Schneider
  Tue, 19 Oct 2004 09:53:23 -0700
  ** Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ> writes: ** >> Often a ROUGH surface aids laminar flow. >> This is a tactic used by >> marine organisms...
• Re: RPM?MPH
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:32:04 -0800
  No, stock tires are 185R/14 (note no aspect ration designation) in either C or D load rating. the P185's are passenger car...
• Re: FS: 1986 Double Cab
  Historical mailing list - --------
  Tue, 5 Feb 2008 06:57:06 -0500
  Hey Jeff, How does this vehicle come off with a speedo with "MPH" in it? VW Doka wrote: >Hey all, > >I have an "extra...
• Re: Subaru list for gloating?
  Historical mailing list - Maggie Dew
  Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:27:06 -0700
  ...Maggie '85 Subaru-Westy "Anne Bonney" which goes only HALF a bazillion MPH and gets only a QUARTER kazillion MPG
• Re: Speedometer difference
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Eubank
  Mon, 18 Sep 2017 19:57:09 -0400
  ...When it registers 50 km/hr, I'm going 25 mph; 50 mph shows up as 100 km/hr. So the "puzzle" is: since...
• Re: cruising speed
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 May 1996 12:55:25 -0500
  ...number of 62 mph as a >zero-headwind cruise speed, with a downshift to 3rd (and drop to 50 mph) >when I can't...
• Re: Vanagon Acceleration Times
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 6 Oct 2002 22:22:31 -0700
  ...This is just in response to the > postings last week of 0-60 mph times by the air-cooled addicts. By way of > reminder...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 2 Sep 2017 10:47:25 -0400
  ...I never tried for the official 96 mph top speed. > > > > Yrs, > > d > > > > On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 12:52 AM, Jeff Palmer <w...
• Road Horsepower vs rolling resistance
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sat, 17 Feb 2001 11:24:55 -0700
  ...I recall the parameter of 60 mph, level ground, and sea level pressure type of conditions. Given that, a Honda Accord or any other...
• Re: Speedo needle sits still sometimes
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 13 Jan 2014 19:11:28 -0800
  ...Oops, I'm speeding in a 30 mph zone. School zones are 20 mph, so I go 20mph clock speed (18mph actual) since there...
• Re: Subject: Re: Tire Question (27x8.5x14 vs 205/40 14)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Tue, 9 Jun 1998 01:49:20 EDT
  ...I was going to do some conversions of RPM to mph as I made up a little chart of "before" readings: 2000rpm = 50 mph...
• Re: Anyone know how to calibrate the speedo?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:38:54 -0400
  ...Mine now indicates 62 MPH when I'm travelling @ 65 MPH (checked by GPS), so If I rely solely on the speedo, I could...
• Re: THAT slow??? was: Syncro Power?
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Tue, 9 Mar 1999 09:30:37 -0800
  ...Matthew Bulley" wrote: > Wow-- > > Our 1982 Westy is no speed demon, but we generally can hang with 45-50 mph > (third gear, wound up...
• Re: Perfect weather for Winter Camping!!
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:36:27 +0000
  ...Winds ENE at 10 to 15 mph. Feb 18 Tonight Generally clear. Low 66F. Winds NE at 10 to 15 mph. Feb 19 Tomorrow...
• Coolant pump specs
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sun, 4 Feb 2001 23:45:26 -0500
  ...Excluding sitting at idle RPM with 0 MPH and NO ram air at the radiator, the thermostat must actually put the brakes on the...
• Re: How hard can you push a Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 10 Apr 2003 20:00:55 -0500
  ...Dallas is the slower part of the state -- > in > Houston 65 mph is half the recommended speed. Less if you are > driving the > latest...
• Re: speedo calibration - what's it cost (roughly)?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 5 Apr 2004 13:55:51 -0400
  ...1 minute per > mile = 60 MPH (36 seconds per kilometer = 100 KPH). I > vary my speed till it takes me 1 minute (36 seconds...
• Re: 101 MPH Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sun, 17 Oct 2004 12:56:45 -0700
  ...101 MPH Vanagon! >On 10/16/04 5:04 AM, "Andrew Grebneff" ><andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ> wrote: > >>> 3.2 liters equals 195...
• Re: WOOHOO! Passed Emissions!
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Tue, 6 Nov 2007 14:46:40 -0500
  ...15 MPH :::25 MPH ::: Limit Reading :::Limit Reading :::HC ppm 155 44 :::151 45 :::CO% 1.31 0.06 :::1.68 0.07 :::NO...
• I'm in Glade Spring, VA for the winter
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:45:00 -0400
  ...When I had Nokian Hakkapeliitta 185 14 tires on the Westy, GPS said 66 mph when the speedometer read 65. I put Hankook 195...
• Re: I-95 Vanagon Gran Prix
  Historical mailing list - Oxroad
  Tue, 17 Mar 1998 14:18:53 EST
  85 MPH on I-95, you say? We have located and cited the New Jersey Vanagon driver through the license plate number you supplied...
• Top speed of a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Riley Kettner
  Sat, 18 Mar 2000 16:45:57 -0800
  ...For the americans, that is roughly 100 mph? Curious to see what others have travelled, Riley Kettner North Vancouver BC '87 Westy [text/html]
• Re: A Vanagon mystery? Please Help
  Historical mailing list - Various
  Wed, 20 Aug 2003 12:51:55 -0300
  ...driving 24 hours a day, for the entire month - at 135 mph: no problema for our supercharged speed deamons ;~) Fred aka Bleu Schtroumpf
• Re: aerodynamics, was: 101 MPH Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Mon, 18 Oct 2004 19:36:51 -0400
  More history of vehicle aerodynamics (with VW emphasis) here - http://www.ltv-vwc.org.uk/W_Spin/ws_oct_2002/1930sStreamlining.htm Including a...
• Re: Maybe now is the time to fill the tank of your extra car or "parts vanagon"
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 1 Sep 2005 15:43:39 -0700
  On 9/1/05, Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@telus.net> wrote: > > Wow, Jim, 27 mph! And I thought my van had trouble getting out...
• Re: Speed
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 21 Nov 2005 12:28:44 -0800
  ...5-speed....I was able to achieve an honest GPS > verified 125 mph. __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com
• Re: Cooling issues?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 27 Aug 2013 09:02:44 -0700
  ...I was noticing that with the accelerator in the same position running 60 mph it was about 112f and 65 mph 119f? Could the...
• Re: right sized tires, wrong speed indication
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 19 Feb 2002 14:38:24 -0500
  ...My speedometer says 95 mph when I'm at 4100 >rpm, stock engine. Go figure. I let her have it, actually think maybe it...
• Subie Conversion Mystery ll
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 18 Oct 2022 11:23:15 -0500
  ...At 65 to 70 MPH my 2005 2.5 engine starts stumbling. Slow down, and it settles back down so I'm limited to...
• Re: RPM?MPH
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:33:29 -0500
  ...RPM?MPH Biggest difference with the automatic is the ratio in the final drive, 1:1 in the automatic vs .86 (or.77, someone...
• Re: MPG redux
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:22:40 -0700
  ...With AC and 70+mph 15 is more likely. > > Maximum economy occurs around 45 mph on fairly level roads. I have done as > well...
• Re: W/B engine speed max.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Jun 1996 23:43:05 -0300 (ADT)
  ...I'd say that's bullshit, I ran my '85 at 130-140km/h, that's 80-85 mph (sorry no tach in the...
• The problems with my van
  Historical mailing list - Dan Romano
  Sat, 22 Mar 2003 18:24:15 -0800
  ...Second enormous amount of rattel at 45 mph. (planing on pulling the drive line and see if it still rattels. If so looks like...
• Re: 130 mph in a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Mon, 6 Dec 2004 13:43:51 -0700
  ...EXACTLY where it > would > also be if you were driving 0 mph? Someone is telling a fish story > there. > > John Bange > '90 Vanagon "Geldsauger" >
• Re: Aerodynamics for MPG
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:50:40 +0000
  ...I admit, too, that I was pushing it pretty hard, running 70-75 mph most of the way. My fuel mileage was shocking-around...
• Re: OUCH
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 18 Aug 2012 10:08:35 -0700
  ...Vanagon Automatic Accidentally Into Reverse Above a certain speed (30 mph) the reverse blocker should be engaged to prevent damage. Below that, though scary...
• flooded engine?
  Historical mailing list - Kendra Calhoun
  Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:22:07 -0600
  Made it 600 miles from home with outstanding mph...yay! ONE problem, won't start now. Did a cold start ok, moved down the...
• Re: Audi motors vs. VW (reformatted) vs Modified Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
  Sat, 12 Dec 1998 11:14:38 -0600
  ...If you want, I'll crunch the numbers and predict the horsepower to push a Vanagon to 133 mph, but you won't like...
• Help: Vent windows blow close while driving!
  Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
  Tue, 17 Aug 1999 07:41:12 -0400
  81 Vanagon vent windows open and close nicely, but blow closed when driving over 35 mph. Remember-this year does not crank open, just...
• Syncro Shaft
  Historical mailing list - Shortlidge D Joel
  Fri, 31 Dec 1999 17:43:27 -0500
  I just tried to reinstall my drive shaft after having the u-joints replaced and balanced! But I got a vibration at 35 mph...
• Re: backwards side slider window?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 27 Jan 2003 19:28:41 -0600
  ...those 70 mph grasshoppers really sting. Stan Wilder ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno...
• Re: Diesel Performance
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 30 Sep 2003 08:29:34 -0400
  ...Finished the quarter mile at 119 mph. David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 Diesel Westfalia '94 Honda Civic Si
• Fuel economy--the real sweet spot!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 23 May 2008 11:09:25 -0700
  ...Westy, and got 36 mpg at an average speed of 35 mph. So there you go! Wind resistance is the real mpg killer in...
• Re: questions about automatics
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:46:31 -0400
  ...one >dot @ 21 mph, two dots @ 38 mph, and three dots @ 65 mph. If i nail the >accelerator pedal from a dead stop, the...
• Re: Audi Tranny in Vanagon...how? was: Audi V-8 in aVanagon...why not?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 14 Oct 1999 18:10:29 +0200
  ...The Van has enough brakes to go 70mph on flat road, so why couldn't it have enough to go 70 mph up the...
• Re: Towing a vanagon on a trailer
  Historical mailing list - Ron Tipton
  Fri, 1 Feb 2008 15:45:41 -0500
  ...averaged 12 mph. no problems even though we were right at the weight limit of the trailer. r On Feb 1, 2008, at 3...
• Re: Vanagon Sighting; Mall of America
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Wed, 8 Oct 2008 21:25:02 -0400
  ...We were 30 minutes into our journey going along at bus speed of 64 mph at 3600 RPM and a silver 7 Pass Vanagon...
• tire size vs. rpm. the real answer
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Tue, 9 Jun 1998 12:33:05 -0500
  ...And as Gary noted, bigger tires, means 70 mph comes up at a slower RPM, and with smaller tires, 70 mph comes up at...
• Re: Fuel consumption in different gears - how does the energy / fuel, work?
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:56:13 -0600
  Mark wrote: > Given the anomalies with the reported 65 mph data that part should > probably be disregarded. The disparity of the reported engine rpm...
• Re: dumb tire question..Studless snows..
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 14 Oct 2010 11:59:53 -0700
  ...200 mph sounds a tad fast for street driving, or highway > driving for that matter. > > DMc
• Dash Cluster Needed, '86+
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:30:51 -0600
  or get one from a Canadian van as they are in both KPH and MPH. On 15-Jul-10, at 4:24 PM, Automatic...
• Re: VANAGON GEARING
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:08:55 -0800
  ...I'd like to maintain 3,000 engine RPM with a road speed of 60 MPH. My Vanagon currently runs around 50-52 MPH...
• Newest Vanagon Performance Mod...
  Historical mailing list - S2
  Thu, 1 Apr 1999 18:37:19 -0600
  ...landing with an optimum cruising speed of 185 mph and a top speed of 245 mph. The standard Audi conversion kit, lots of money...
• Re: Eurovan Anectdote (Friday)
  Historical mailing list - Kokopelli Txirulari
  Mon, 10 Apr 2000 07:59:03 GMT
  ...and customized >2.1L Wasserboxer engine can get to 80 mph - 85 mph on the interstate easy, >if I do not watch the speed...
• Re: I installed 215-85-16 tires on my syncro.
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Fri, 23 Jun 2000 08:23:54 -0400
  ...Freeway speed at 4000 rpm is now 83 mph, and 3500 rpm is 72 mph. I love it. > See ya, Michael > 87 syncro, UNIMOG...
• Dash lights, tach and temp
  Historical mailing list - Chris McEwen
  Tue, 31 Aug 2004 07:54:31 -0700
  ...Because of this, and that the speedo was indicating over 50% faster than actual speed (40 mph showed almost 70 mph), I decided to...
• First numbers RE: Auto trans operating test help?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:25:51 -0500
  ...Road speed (mph) / Coasting rpm. RPM is by the panel gauge, road speed by GPS. Hankook RA08 tires, 185 size. '89 White Star. 30...
• 85 GL High Peg
  Historical mailing list - George Bosch
  Fri, 31 Jul 1998 18:44:08 -0700
  ...or near 4000 rpm when driving at highway speeds. (65-70 mph in 4th gear). The tach used to register at 3000 to 3200...